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This is Where Your Child BelongsBroader Options For Tomorrow’s Top Educators

The FAU College of Education offers your son or daughter a broader choice of undergraduate programs than most schools you’ll find. Four University public laboratory schools also provide the practical experience they’ll need, as well as invaluable research opportunities. Learn more about our accreditations, scholarships and financial aid. See how we’re leading the way in academics, research impact and teaching excellence.

Why Is FAU College Of Education Your Child’s Best Choice?

You want a curriculum that assures them a strong foundation, yet embraces important new teaching innovations shaping the profession’s future. Both provide aspiring educators with important advantages to build a successful career.

COE is the first in Florida to receive accreditation from the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP), the single specialized accreditor for educator preparation in the United States. The college was also awarded a $4.3 million grant to establish a Center of Excellence for Elementary Teacher Preparation.

Our four public laboratory schools serve as a demonstration site for teacher education; a resource for curriculum development; and a place to conduct research.

Our Student Advisors provide personalized guidance and can make sure your child stays on track to achieve their graduation requirements and career objectives.

Brianna serves as Project I Squared Project Grant Supervisor. She is currently a Holmes Scholar and a Holmes Scholars Social Media Coordinator. Advice for fellow students: “Take advantage of the resources at FAU that will allow you to improve...more

Chuck Shaw

School Board Chairman for the School Board of Palm Beach School District

Very early on Chuck was called upon in leadership roles and worked to become a school administrator. His first assignment was at North Grade Elementary as Assistant Principal and then Principal of Westward Elementary two years later.more

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Lori Dassa, ED.D.

College of Education

Dr. Dassa continues to further her research on quality teacher prep programs and teacher retention. She has published several articles and studies, and developed as well as runs the Honors in the Elementary Education major. more

Florida Atlantic University, Broward County Public Schools and the School District of Palm Beach County received the 2017 Dr. Shirley S. Schwartz Urban Education Impact Award for their collaborative program, Establishing Excellence in Elementary Prepar

The EEPP is funded by a Teaching Incentive Fund (TIF) grant awarded to BCPS. The TIF program funds projects that develop performance-based teacher compensation systems in high-needs schools to increase students' access to effective educators which lea

David Stovall, Ph.D., professor of African American Studies and Educational Policy Studies at University of Illinois, will present "Struggle in Perpetuity: Justice, Community Engagement and the Right to Education". Stovall's talk provides a researchers'

Dr. Jennifer Bloom, Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Research Methodology at FAU is the recipient of the Virginia N. Gordon Award for Excellence in the Field of Advising from NACADA: The Global Community for Academic Adv

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Florida Atlantic University embodies a culture of strategic and collaborative community engagement that results in mutual benefit to the institution and the diverse internal and external communities that it serves.